Apples are a great source of
fiber and important antioxidants. But guess what—most of the important
nutrition benefit of apples is in the PEEL. Unfortunately, apples are
one of the fruits that gets sprayed with pesticides the most. Some fruit up to
eight times while it is growing!! What should you do to keep your young child
safe? Here is what most “experts” say:

If you can, buy organic (pesticide free) apples if you want your children to
eat the peel.

If you are not able to
buy organically grown apples, remove the peel for your young child. Washing the
apple doesn’t seem to remove all the pesticides. Because of their small ,
children are affected more easily than we are as adults by pesticides applied
to the food.

But watch out for choking!Children are typically close to the age of two before they
can chew apple peel.